The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-12-20
HOMAGE TO THE DEAD.
Crowds of Sorrowful People Visit
the Capitol:
Completed Arrangements for the
Public Funeral Today.
Expressions of Sorrow and Affection
from All Sides.
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AUGUSTA, Dec. 19.-Arrangements are be-
ing completed to carry out the programme
prepared by the committee and the Adjutant
General and management are exceedingly
busy. In Representatives Hall, where the
services are to be held, the Speakers desk
will be occupied by the clergy, and the chairs
at the right and three rows of seats will be
reserved for the Governor and staff and
visiting military gentlemen from other
States, State officers, Judges, relatives and
friends The remainder of the chairs on the
left desks and right gallery are to be occu-
pied by the committee Of the legislature and
various civic organizations. Nearly all the
cities in the State have signifed their inten-
tion of sending representative delegations.
The management find much difficulty In ar
ranging to accommodate so many as the
space is limited the seating capacity not be-
ing over 500. All available space will be
utilized, chairs being placed in the aisles.
Half-hour guns will be fired from the Ken
nebec Arsenal, and detachment of men
from that military post, under Commandant
Michaelis, will give salute from the park
in front of the Capitol as the body is placed
in the hearse and the pageant moves off. 1t
is estimated the procession will be nearly
half mile in length. As the distance to
the cemetery is only about mile. the march
will be a short one. The entire pageant will
not be able to enter the cemetery, owing to
its limited territory. The remains are to be
buried, and as they are lowered into the
grave a salvo of two guns will be given by
the battery, and shortly afterwards rapid
salute of 10 guns.
An official programme of four pages has
been printed tonight and tomorrow will be
distributed among the people as a souvenir
of the sad event. An immense crowd is ex-
pected here to attend the State obsequies,
amp the hotels will be severely taxed to az
commodate all who come. Business is to be
generally suspended here, and numerous pri-
vate emblems of mourning will appear. The
Augusta House is to be draped. There is
every promise of fair day tonight.
The following gentlemen of the Governors
staff have been specially detailed at the Ad-
jutant Generals Office to assist in the prepa-
rations Lieut.. Col. Augustus W. ingersoll,
Houton; Lieut.. Col. Geo. A. Philbrook,
Augusta.
Col. John ]. Lynch arrived tonight and is
stopping at the Augusta House. Adjutant
General Dalton of Massachusetts and two
staff officers were expected on the morning
Pullman train, and Lieut. Col. Albert E.
Neill, Calais, and Lieut.. Col. Clarence A.
Leighton, Thomaston, were detailed to re-
ceve them.
This afternoon and evening there has been
constant stream of people entering the
Capitol and passing by the remains. The
scene in the rotunda is an impressive one
and novel to most of those who have visited
the Capitol. The sombre hue Of the drap-
cries, the face of the dead, the motionless,
impassive sentries. all combine to impress
the visitor with awe.
The chair and desk in the Governors pri-
vate room are draped today, also the execu-
tive desk and chair in the Council Chamber.
The gavel lies upon the desk, the handle
bound with a white ribbon and cabinet
picture Of the deceased resting upon the
head.
The Chickering Quartette, Messrs. A. d.
Ward, C. b. johnson, Geo. A. Hawes, and
III. A. b. Chandler, Of Augusta, will sing at
the funeral.